Definition of Nile crocodile

1. Noun. A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa.

Exact synonyms: African Crocodile, Crocodylus Niloticus
Generic synonyms: Crocodile

Definition of Nile crocodile

1. Noun. A large fierce carnivorous semi-aquatic African crocodile. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nile Crocodile

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Nikolaos
Nikolas
Nikolayev
Nikolayevsk
Nikoleta
Nikolis
Nikolsky
Nikolsky's sign
Nikopol
Nikos
Nile
Nile River
Nile blue
Nile blue A
Nile crocodile (current term)
Nile green
Nile perch
Nilgiri Hills
Nilo-
Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan language
Niloscope
Niloscopes
Nilotic
Nilotic language
Nilphamari District
Nilsson
Nimbari
Nimitz

Literary usage of Nile crocodile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Winners in Life's Race, Or, The Great Backboned Family by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"... holding more than thirty teeth in each jaw, they look Fig- 25- The Nile Crocodile.—(Tristram.) formidable indeed as they drag their heavy bodies along ..."

2. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1997)
"The Nile crocodile is not restricted to the river Nile but occurs in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Males reach 6 m (r. 20 ft) in length. ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"the dimensions of the corresponding bones in a Nile crocodile, 114 inches long, in the Museum of the University of Oxford. Moreover, there is another ..."

4. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The best-known crocodile is the Nile crocodile, which is not limited to the Nile ... The gavial and Nile crocodile are both known to attack and devour human ..."

5. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"The best-known crocodile is the Nile crocodile, which is not limited to the ... The gavial and Nile crocodile "are both known to attack and devour human ..."

6. First Lessons in Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1903)
"The best-known crocodile is the Nile crocodile, which is not limited to the Nile ... The gavial and Nile crocodile are both known to attack and devour human ..."

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